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Oolong

Dong Ding

Dong Ding Oolong Tea

Famous Taiwan tea of a mild character, but a great complexity

Oolong

Dong Ding

Dong Ding Oolong Tea

Famous Taiwan tea of a mild character, but a great complexity

Original price was: ₪38.Current price is: ₪32.

In stock

Package: Pack 50 g (50 cups of tea)

Description

Traditionally made Dong Ding Oolong Tea is a skillfully and sufficiently oxidized tea that is left unroasted. The added element of roasting is a later version of Dong Ding Oolong that evolved as it became a popular tea on the domestic market.
So the pre-commercial version is a simple, yet substantial character of tea with flavor profile that is not particularly striking, but it is very pleasant. And its humble qualities have a tendency to grow on you like a staple food, rather than a fancy dish or dessert.

Depending on how it is brewed, this tea can exhibit pronounced fruit pastry notes, or it can offer tangy sweet, fully ripe fresh fruit qualities. It is a mild character, but it has complexity on a more subtle level than it’s lightly oxidized High Mountain Tea or well-roasted Oolong relatives. Its most satisfying qualities are more of a feeling than a flavor, if that makes sense. It’s the balanced sweet, astringent and mildly bitter qualities in the flavor profile that make it satisfying.


HOW TO BREW DONG DING OOLONG

Brew 1-2 tea spoons per 200 ml filtered water that was boiled and cooled to 85°. Cover with a lid, strain after 2-3 minutes and serve. You can brew the leaves a second and a third time, adding a minute or two to the brewing time 


Pick teaware

—  For more delicate types of tea, like white or green, glass or porcelain teapots are better while for oolongs, black teas and puerhs clay teapots are preferred